Five years ago, after months of late nights, testing and preparation, YouTube’s founders launched the first beta version of YouTube.com in May, with a simple mission: give anyone a place to easily upload their videos and share them with the world. Whether you were an aspiring filmmaker, a politician, a proud parent, or someone who just wanted to connect with something bigger, YouTube became the place where you could broadcast yourself.

What started as a site for bedroom vloggers and viral videos has evolved into a global platform that supports HD and 3D, broadcasts entire sports seasons live to 200+ countries. We bring feature films from Hollywood studios and independent filmmakers to far-flung audiences. Activists document social unrest seeking to transform societies, and leading civic and political figures stream interviews to the world.

To celebrate our birthday, today we’re launching the YouTube Five Year channel. There, you’ll find the “My YouTube Story” project which features people from all over describing how YouTube has changed or shaped their lives.

Please add your own story to the mix! You can upload your video here -- and it may be selected to appear on the channel’s video wall or map.

The channel also hosts an interactive timeline containing some of the most important moments and memes in our short history. It was tough to pick -- and just scratches the surface of all the amazing things that have happened on YouTube over the years. What else? We’ve asked a handful of luminaries like Conan O’Brien, Vint Cerf and Katie Couric to curate playlists showcasing their favorite videos on the subjects they know best. You can also check out our Infographic here; it contains lots of neat facts and figures.

Since we never could have predicted all that happened in YouTube’s first five years, we certainly can’t imagine what the future will look like. But we do know there’s a lot more to be done. For instance, we want to make it even easier for you to sort through and find the videos that matter to you. Although the average user spends 15 minutes a day on YouTube, that’s tiny compared to the five hours a day people spend watching TV. Clearly, we need to give you more reason to watch more videos! And we want to give you all the tools and support to make YouTube both your career and your community. After all, this is only the beginning of the video revolution. We’re just getting started.

Oh sure, go ahead, pat yourself on the back, ignore the fact that since you ignorant retards "fixed" GoogleTube (that's what it is now, Youtube is DEAD, GoogleTube is enjoying this birthday), you've had thousands of members remove all videos from their accounts and stop visiting entirely (myself included).

Happy goddamn birthday, and enjoy taking it up the ass from Google for the next five years guys.

I do agree with the user above.. It is WE the Regular user that made You Tube what it is.. Then Google took over then WMG fucked us up the ass... In fact they are still at their shit and You Tube has become like HULU except the big shots can upload their full shows while the Fan CAN'T... Happy GODDAMN BIRTHDAY YOU SELLOUTS.. At least I work with Record lables that ALLOW me to upload.. You pigs can have your HULU while I make videos that I like... Without US the homegowen video makers THERE WOULD NOT BE A YOU TUBE!

Yes, well done...Boasting about 2 billion views a day, when it's a fraction of that that ends up showing on view counts - no?!The fact that it was a billion views a day a short while ago and now it's supposedly doubled, just really underscores how unbelievable all YT view count statistics are nowadays.

Best wishes, YouTube. Five years ago, when I saw this site for the first time it was the biggest revolution for me. Watching videos instantly without downloading them? It was the best thing available in the internet at that time.

Well done folks. An amazing service giving rise to voices everywhere. Many thanks from the many nfps, activists, small businesses, teachers, fans and musicians alike I'm sure. Be nice if (C) music was allowed to stay under fair use rights :)

Introduction1. Home Movies in a Global Village2. The Home and Family on YouTube3. Video Diaries: The Real You in YouTube4. Women of the ‘Tube5. The YouTube Community6. The YouTube Wars: Elections, Religion, and Armed Conflict7. The Post-television AudienceConclusion

Yeah, thanks for ruining the site! It seems like every time I come here it's gotten worse! Congrats on your CrapTube! Whether it's destroying a search engine or a video site, everything you touch self destructs!

I am betting that this day is when the Socialist Republic of GoogleTube was founded. This isn't a good trend, Google, return YouTube to a democracy plz (if you don't get the joke, look at my channel comments: http://www.youtube.com/user/Quadunit404)

I could say "Happy birthday YouTube" but... you know, the site as it is right now is something I cannot celebrate: tons of ads, limitations to the "normal" uploaders, silent & deleted videos, user bannings for some lame reasons, privileged features to "the people with money", and so on.

I know that you need the money to keep the site running, and it looks like that is your priority right now, but even if you are getting zillions of visits and such, you are losing the users and I'm not telling you that people are closing their accounts and leaving, no, I'm saying that they (WE) are getting tired of how this great site is getting worse every day.

While GOOGLE ROX, Youtube is still pretty good except for the fact of ads during vidoes and song ads too. u kinda lost viewers when you limited the posting to ... also, WHY THE HELL WERE SOME SHOWS REMOVED, JUST BECAUSE THEY VIOLATED COPYRIGHTS IS A LAME EXCUSE....

Three years after the acquisition,penis büyütücü our platform and our business continue to grow and evolve.site ekle We are still committed to the same principles thatgeciktirici informed the site early on, but we know things have changed. As bandwidth has increased, so has our video quality.

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